Mexico proposed Official Mexican Standard PROY-NOM-244-SSA1-2016, To evaluate the efficiency in bacterial reduction in equipment and germicidal substances for domestic water treatment. Health requirements Ministry of Health proposed establishes the sanitary specifications and characteristics that must be fulfilled by the equipment and substances Germicides for the domestic treatment of water, in order to obtain the Bacteriological Effectiveness Certificate before its commercialization. It is mandatory in the national territory for natural or legal persons who are dedicated to the process of equipment and / or germicidal substances for domestic water treatment. Water purification treatments for human use and consumption, public and private supply systems and water purification plants or any natural or legal person that distributes it in the national territory are not subject to this Standard, so they must meet the requirements of the Modification to the Official Mexican Standard NOM 127-SSA1-1994, Environmental Health. Water for human use and consumption. Permissible quality limits and treatments to which water must be submitted for its purification; of the Official Mexican Standard NOM-201-SSA1-2015, Products and services. Water and ice for human consumption, packaged and in bulk. Sanitary specifications and the Official Mexican Standard NOM-230-SSA1-2002, Environmental health. Water for human use and consumption, sanitary requirements that must be met in public and private supply systems during water management. Sanitary procedures for sampling, respectively. Products covered: Germicidal equipment for domestic treatment water HS code: 380894, 842121 Proposed date of adoption: NA Proposed date of entry into force: NA Final date for comments: 21-12-2018 | 
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